That's great. Cheers.

well i had bearshare and accidently removed it, cause a spywar program was on aotumatic qurrenteen or remove or something, and it deleted the bearshare and the installer. and well i cant install the new one the number 6 of bearshare. and i downloaded from too many site to even think about DL it again. but the version i had worked perfectly. perfect DL time, and sources most of the time.

it had zango
it had my global search (search engine tab)
and hidden had whenUsave
and something else i forget or maybe not idk

I've had it for like idk a year more or less
and i honestly really need it to download music, shows, videos, files, movies etc. and i just remembered the version before the one i deleted is that i couldn't change the connection numbers, like when bearshare is open, go to setup-connection tab, and says dsl, modem, and so forth. i think I'm pretty sure the previous version couldn't customize that connection part. so from what ever version that one is, til the version before bearshare 6 is the version i need to find out. if its not too much trouble, maybe list the versions of bearshare within the last year or so (no lite versions) but to get the one i discribed would be the purpose of this message.

well i just registered, and i dont know how long it will take, but thanks in advance to any replies concerning this one ....

well i got one that seems to work ok, except for downloading time, realy sux big time, 250 sources and its either not downloading or its on 1 ytransfer connection. what do i do, i have bearshare 525 lite, and downloading time really stinks

if i decide to buy bearshare pro will i have the same problems like these?

last time I tried bearshare it filled my system full of spyware no thanks.

That's one of the reasons why I recommend the beta.
No added software of any kind. Get it from the top post.

The fact people are moaning about crapware/poor performance in the thread that clearly helps get round the particular issues, I find rather ironic.

BearShare 'test' and BearStart is the only version that a person needs. (As Aaron has stated more times than I can count.) And by all means still the best Gnutella client.

not moaning just stating fact

You forgot to mention which version you are moaning about and where you got it.

The beta and BearStart combination is the cleanest and most powerful gnutella
software that has ever existed, or likely will ever exist, and that is a fact.
Try it and see.

So I did as you suggested and the program seems to work although it crashes every now and then. Are all the files downloaded from the version unprotected? And I saw that there is no log in so does this mean I can cancel my membership to V6?. The interface is not as cool as V6 but if its free and works I guess who the hell cares!

No point in paying for something that doesn't work as good as free software.
That software, in particular, is particularly galling in that it demands you keep up
the payments or the music you already downloaded will stop playing.

Now that you are using the real BearShare start exploring and you will
probably find a lot of music the record companies don't want you to hear
because they don't "own" it. That's one of their biggest fears, that you might
end up buying CDs from real artists instead of their inferior mass market product.

Hi, is there a bearstart utility around that will work with vista? - thanks!

If you set it to run in XP compatibility mode and do that for BearShare too, it should work.

If at all possible, you should dump Vista and go with XP for at least two more years. ;]

Cheers thanks for that. Would prefer XP, I dont like Vista at all (on my sisters laptop tho so I dont have to put up with it)

unfortunately still no go, its like the utility wont change the date but it will open bearshare